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mealplans WB25th June

I couldn't see a thread already, and just sorting out the plan for next week, so thought I would get it started.

I am trying to use up freezer stuff, without refilling too much, but that is easier said than done sometimes, but I want to make room for a farm shop trip, which always involves purchasing a LOT of meat :D


Mo 25th – piri piri chicken, rice and veg
Tu 26th smoked haddock risotto with peas
We 27th baked indian-style rice
Th-28th tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake
Fr 29th catalan chicken, potatoes, veg
Sa 30th pork chops/escalopes, potatoes veg
Su 1st ham hock, home grown new potatoes, carrots, peas, mushroom and mustard sauce

(just as an aside-Sun 1st July!! Where did that come from?!)
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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,531 Forumite
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    Thanks hotcookie for starting this week

    Know what you mean about July already :eek:

    Have managed to stay on track this week, just sat and sun to go and am determined to stick to meal plan as have NO money for takeaway !!! Am even more determined to have a zero spend on my credit card this month

    week beginning Monday 25th (in no particular order)

    Beef stew and dumplings
    Home made Chilli Burgers and oven chips
    Mustard pork with mash or wedges, tinned sweetcorn
    Chilli con-carne with veggies and wedges (pack meat out with mushrooms, peppers and baby corn
    Pork and mushrooms with garlic and herb sauce, pasta and garlic bread
    Chicken Fajhitas
    Shop bought Pizza, wedges, garlic bread and poppin chicken
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  • *iluvmymini*
    *iluvmymini* Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Thank you for starting this for the week.
    I had another virtuous week where I cooked everything I planned and no more! I did juggle the days around a bit because of DH's shifts.

    This week is:
    SAT: H/M pizza, garlic bread & salad
    SUN: Pulled pork rolls, sweetcorn and coleslaw
    MON: Leftover pork quesedillas & salad
    TUE: Chicken curry & rice
    WEDS: Jacket potatoes with beans & cheese
    THURS: L/O curry
    FRI: Pasta & pesto

    Lunches will be leftovers, pittas & houmous or soup.
    Puddings will be yoghurt, fruit or H/M cake
    Breakfasts will be porridge, cereal and/or H/M toast.
  • Nottoobadyet
    Nottoobadyet Posts: 1,754 Forumite
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    Hello all! Had a good week last week! All to plan, and the one day out was actually replaced with another HM meal. Om nom nom!

    This week:
    Friday: spaghetti and meatballs
    Saturday: BBQ for a friends birthday
    Sunday: Something with leftover meatballs. Any ideas? All I can think of is more pasta or sarnies? they are already cooked in the sauce
    Monday: shakshuka
    Tuesday: will let roommie cook (risky :P)
    Wednesday: Stir fry
    Thursday: Out for friends leaving 'do

    Good week everyone!
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  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,795 Forumite
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    Hi everyone, think this might be my first time posting here but here it goes!

    Sat: Pork Chops, Cabbage and Cauliflower Cheese and other veg
    Sun: Sausage Casserole with mash
    Mon: Fajitas
    Tue: Just me so Jacket Potato with Tuna
    Wed: Some kind of fish with HM wedges and veg
    Thu: Bolognase
    Fri: Veg Curry
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  • This is a great thread, can pick up some ideas for meals from other people :)

    This week we've only done a very small shop as I am tight for money until my next uni bursary comes in. Going to try and use up the foods we have in, although it might be less fresh food - it will do!

    Sat - HM ham & veggie pizza, HM garlic & goats cheese bread
    Sun - Meal at OH's parents :)
    Mon - Quorn chicken style burgers, actifry chips & veggies/salad
    Tues - Meal at my parents :)
    Wed - Yellow sole for OH, and Quorn fillets for me with mashed potato & veggies
    Thurs - Rice, chilli con carni, & garlic pitta bread
    Fri - Just me so - macaroni cheese, Quorn fillets & veggies
    Sat - HM curry & rice with sides
    Sun - macaroni cheese & veggies
  • Boodle
    Boodle Posts: 1,050 Forumite
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    Hi everyone and welcome Ruby :)

    This week I have planned :

    (on Sundays we have the dinner at lunchtime, then a tea of sandwiches or something-on-toast, carrot sticks, walnuts, raisins, and cake. Might make sultana + choc chip buns to use up Easter eggs, and hubby can take the rest for his breaktimes. I am also trying to use the slow cooker most days, as it is so easy to throw stuff in around 2:30 and not have to think about dinner again until I need to ladle it out :cool: )

    Breakfasts
    Wholemeal toast with hm Sheese spread or peanut butter, or scones, or cereal and fruit, or vegan omelette (probs with added onion and piquante peppers to the mix) and brown sauce - yum! Plus fruit. Tea/coffee for us, soya milk for children.

    Lunches
    HM Sheese spread on wholemeal, pepper slices, fruit (apple, pear, kiwi or raisins), and a soya yoghurt.
    Mine are more likely to be salads with rye crispbread. I also have some naughty halva cubes in the freezer so might indulge in one with a cuppa for afters ;) .... needing those extra few calories at the mo ;)

    Teas
    Crackers with peanut butter, carrot and/or pepper slices, fruit

    Dinners
    Sat: Penne Bolognese (slow cooker)
    Sun: Cauliflower Sheese Pie, veg and gravy
    Mon: Bean and Lentil Cottage Pie (slow cooker)
    Tue: Chick Pea Korma with greens and poppadoms (slow cooker)
    Wed: Hm Pizza with salad
    Thu: Cottage Cobbler (slow cooker)
    Fri: Tofu Veg + Noodle Stir Fry with Lemon and Nori

    Suppers
    The children have cup of soya milk, we have been having popcorn later on.

    Hope you all have a great week x
    Love and compassion to all x
  • McpPsl
    McpPsl Posts: 206 Forumite
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    Here's our plan for this week.

    Mon: Cod & Veg in Cheese Sauce
    Tue: Turkey with Tomato Sauce
    Wed: HM Chilli con Carne & Rice
    Thu: Pork Loin, New Pots & Veg
    Fri: Lamb Kleftiko & Rice
    Sat: Fillet Steak & Salad
    Sun: ~TBA~

    mcppsl
  • adelight
    adelight Posts: 2,658 Forumite
    edited 25 June 2012 at 8:35AM
    changes due to budget :(
    sun
    pork stew w/dumpings & roast spuds
    mon jackets w/ hm coleslaw & beans
    tues ham quiche w/jackets
    weds chicken stew w/dumplings
    lunches: batch of lentil soup, LOs
    snacks: batch of bakewell cupcakes which will be an experiment using up some basics cake mix i've had for yonks. plain cake mix, blob of jam, blob of almond flavour cake mix, top with icing.
    I'm visiting relatives thurs-sat so nothing planned then.
    Living cheap in central London :rotfl:
  • [Deleted User]
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    Sat: hot smoked salmon with jersey royals and watercress. Tinned peaches and cream for desert.
    Sun: mushroom suet pudding with green beans and potatoes
    Mon: Fish pie
    Tues: veggie spaghetti bolognese
    Wed: broccoli and Stilton soup
    Thurs: Pasta with pesto

    Breakfasts will be either cereal or toast with jam or eggs.

    Lunches will be sandwiches or left overs from the night before.
  • Hi everyone!

    We are trying to have a seriously cheap week this week so we are trying to only eat from the cupboards....

    Breakfasts
    Homemade yogurt and tinned fruit (Me)
    Porridge + choc powder or cereal (BF)

    Lunches
    Cereal (Me)
    Noodles (BF)

    Dinners:
    Jerk Chicken + Baked Plantain with rice
    Jacket Pots (with mince for BF, garlic butter for me)
    Spaghetti Bolognaise
    Char Sui Pork, Veggies + Ginger Rice
    Savoury Pancakes
    Omelettes with any random veggies
    Pasta and sauce

    I will have some tastier ideas next week!
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